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What is SSEndoSim?
Your Mission
Each case presents a real patient with a dental complaint. Your job is to act like a clinician — gather information, run tests, and make a diagnosis.
Two Diagnoses Required
Every case needs two diagnoses per AAE 2013:
1. Pulpal diagnosis — what is happening inside the tooth?
2. Apical (periapical) diagnosis — what is happening around the root tip?
You also select the correct treatment and rate your confidence.
💡 This is not a quiz — it is a simulation. Take your time, think clinically, and use the investigations like a real clinician would.
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Step 1 — Gather Information
Tap tools to reveal findings
After reading the patient's complaint, tap the investigation buttons on screen to reveal clinical findings. Each button you tap unlocks a test result — just like examining a real patient.
💡 You do not need all tools. Using 2–4 tools earns +2 efficiency points. Using more than 7 costs −1 point. Tap a used tool (✓) again to re-read its result — it is not counted twice.
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Step 2 — Make Your Diagnosis
When you are ready
Tap Diagnose at the bottom of the screen. A panel opens where you select:
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Pulpal Diagnosis — Choose from 7 AAE 2013 categories (Normal Pulp, Reversible Pulpitis, SIP, AIP, Necrosis, Previously Treated, Previously Initiated).
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Apical Diagnosis — Choose from 6 AAE 2013 categories (Normal, SAP, AAP, Acute Abscess, Chronic Abscess, Condensing Osteitis).
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Treatment — Select the correct ESE 2023 treatment pathway.
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Confidence Rating — How confident are you? 1 = not sure, 5 = very confident. Helps calibrate your self-awareness.
💡 In Timed mode you have 3 minutes per case; when time runs out, the diagnosis panel opens automatically. Choose Untimed practice on the home screen to play without a clock. In the diagnosis panel, tap Review your findings to re-read every result.
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How Scoring Works
Maximum score: 17 points per case
+5 Pulpal correct
+5 Apical correct
+2 Treatment correct
+2 History first
+2 Efficiency 2–4 tools
+1 Thermal before Percussion
−1 Hint used
−1 Over-investigation >7 tools
After each case
You receive immediate feedback showing:
• Whether each diagnosis was correct
• The clinical rationale referenced to AAE 2013 and ESE 2023
• Your test sequence and the key tests for the case
• The ESE hierarchy note (thermal vs percussion order)
• Clinical significance of spontaneous pain in this case
⚠️ Pass mark is 50% — you need at least 9 / 17 to pass a case.
🏆 Leaderboard game points (up to 22 per case): your case score, plus a speed bonus in Timed mode when both diagnoses are right (within 60 s +3, 2 min +2, 3 min +1), plus +2 if you rated confidence 4–5 and got pulpal, apical and treatment all right, or −2 if you were that confident and anything was wrong. Replays count for less: 2nd attempt 75%, 3rd 50%, then 25%. The leaderboard keeps your best game points on each case.
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The Full Flow
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Read the patient's chief complaint carefully.
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Use the investigation buttons to gather clinical findings.
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Tap Diagnose — select pulpal, apical, treatment, and confidence.
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Read your feedback carefully — the educational notes are the most valuable part.
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Tap New Case to continue. Once you have submitted every case in your chosen level, the round ends with a summary card you can save as an image. The home screen shows your round progress and, under My cases, your tries and best score on every case.
☀️ Case of the Day: one case for every player each day — your first try is ranked on the ☀️ Today board. 🔥 Day streak: play at least one case every day. ⬆️ Levels and 🏅 badges grow with your game points. 🏫 Choose your college so your points also count for it. 💬 After a case, challenge a friend on WhatsApp to beat your score. ⭐ Score 17 / 17 on a case and it is mastered: Start New Case won't give it to you again. ⚡ Rapid-Fire: pick the pulpal diagnosis as fast as you can in 60 seconds (3 right in a row ×2, 6 in a row ×3). 🧊 Every 7-day streak earns a streak freeze that saves one missed day. 😀 Choose your avatar and title under Profile, and share your story card. 🎁 Bonus points: invite friends with your own link (+20 each, +30 each from another college, +40 for inviting a faculty member) and post about SSEndoSim tagging @dentistsarang (+10 for each approved post). Also: ☀️ top 3 first tries of each Case of the Day (+10 / +6 / +4), 🔁 passing a case you had failed before (+5), 🐞 reporting a problem in a case (+10 when confirmed) and 🔑 secret codes from Dr. Sarang.
You are ready!
Tap Start Playing below. You can revisit this guide anytime from the Home screen by tapping ❓ at the top.
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